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Moggi supports Italian Juventus during appeals process
Italy - 31 July, 2006
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Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi lashed out at the appeals court decision to confirm the club's relegation to Serie B.
Moggi said he was disappointed after Juventus were guilty of conspiring with referees and linesmen to rig matches during the 2004-2005 season.
The club will start next season in Serie B on minus 17 points.
"The club has nothing to be sorry for," he said in Corriere dello Sport Thursday. "Its staff have always behaved correctly."
The scandal began in early May when newspapers published intercepted telephone conversations between Moggi and senior Italian Football Federation (FIGC) officials, discussing refereeing appointments.
Moggi quit his post on the last day of the season then refused to take part in the FIGC investigation or the sports tribunal that followed it, claiming he had become "extraneous to the world of football."
Juventus said they will go to Italy's civil courts in an attempt to clear their name and be reinstated in Serie A.
Fiorentina and Lazio have also promised further legal action after losing their places in next season's European competitions.
Moggi attacked the appeal court's decision to admit the phone taps as evidence and predicted a lengthy legal battle, which could end with the verdicts being overturned.
"It is not finished yet," he said. "In fact, it has only just begun and I'm hoping there will be a very different ending. You'll see that I'm right.
"Meanwhile, it is right that (Juventus chairman Giovanni) Cobolli Gigli continues to fight in all the appropriate courts. That is what I'm going to do as well."
And, despite his "extraneous" comment, Moggi sounded like he was planning a comeback.
"It is yet to be seen whether they will manage to throw me out of the world of football."
Moggi said he was disappointed after Juventus were guilty of conspiring with referees and linesmen to rig matches during the 2004-2005 season.
The club will start next season in Serie B on minus 17 points.
"The club has nothing to be sorry for," he said in Corriere dello Sport Thursday. "Its staff have always behaved correctly."
The scandal began in early May when newspapers published intercepted telephone conversations between Moggi and senior Italian Football Federation (FIGC) officials, discussing refereeing appointments.
Moggi quit his post on the last day of the season then refused to take part in the FIGC investigation or the sports tribunal that followed it, claiming he had become "extraneous to the world of football."
Juventus said they will go to Italy's civil courts in an attempt to clear their name and be reinstated in Serie A.
Fiorentina and Lazio have also promised further legal action after losing their places in next season's European competitions.
Moggi attacked the appeal court's decision to admit the phone taps as evidence and predicted a lengthy legal battle, which could end with the verdicts being overturned.
"It is not finished yet," he said. "In fact, it has only just begun and I'm hoping there will be a very different ending. You'll see that I'm right.
"Meanwhile, it is right that (Juventus chairman Giovanni) Cobolli Gigli continues to fight in all the appropriate courts. That is what I'm going to do as well."
And, despite his "extraneous" comment, Moggi sounded like he was planning a comeback.
"It is yet to be seen whether they will manage to throw me out of the world of football."
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